Head of Policy & Capability
| Posting date: | 09 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £76,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 March 2026 |
| Location: | Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | House of Commons |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6619_1773050792 |
Summary
What you'll be doing
As Head of Policy and Capability within the Parliamentary Commercial Department (PCD), you will lead the development, delivery and continuous improvement of Parliament's commercial policy framework, templates, processes and training offer. Reporting at senior level within a newly established joint department led by the Chief Commercial Officer, you will shape how commercial strategy enables Parliament's wider organisational goals.
You'll work across both Houses and joint departments, building strong partnerships with Commercial Leads and Subject Matter Experts to create a coherent policy landscape that reflects Parliament's unique constitutional role. From embedding best practice and legal compliance to championing social value, sustainability and modern slavery prevention, your work will directly influence how Parliament secures value for money. This is your opportunity to set direction, champion best practice, and ensure commercial thinking sits at the heart of decision‑making across a truly unique organisation.
This role is offered on a hybrid working basis, with an expectation of you spending 40% of your time in the office.
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Why Join us?
In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including but not limited to:
- Generous annual leave starting at 30 days and increasing to 35 after one full working year.
- Enrolment in the excellent Civil Service pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Flexible working options that help you find a balance including enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave, caring leave and alternative working patterns.
What we're looking for.
If you have the following skills/experience, we would love to hear from you:
- A deep understanding of public sector procurement approaches and the policy, template, process and training needed to drive both compliance and excellent commercial outcomes.
- Experience developing guidance focussed on the application of commercial policy and procedure in a fast-paced, high-profile environment.
- Confident working with stakeholders at all levels of seniority and commercial expertise, and able to tailor content and style to best meet the needs of their audience whilst upholding our principles of equality, diversity and inclusion at all times.
- Demonstrable ability to identify process improvements and successfully manage changes that deliver great commercial outcomes.
- Experience designing and delivering training packages tailored to enhance commercial capability at all levels.
- Strong leadership capability, being able to illustrate how to successfully lead a team or manage a project and coach team members to develop their own skills and career plans.
Next Steps and Additional Information
- CV & Supporting Statement - If you would like to apply for this role, please submit your CV and covering letter with an 1000-word limit.
More information on the application process can be found here: Application process - UK Parliament
Please note that total salary may be comprised of a mixture of basic salary pay up to £68,159 (consolidated) and market sector allowances (non-consolidated). Remuneration is set based on skills, experience and relevant market comparators.
We may close the vacancy prior to the closing date stated due to a high volume of applications.
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